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18:66

قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا Q a la lahu moos a hal attabiAAuka AAal a an tuAAallimani mimm a AAullimta rushd a n

Moses said to him, 'May I follow you, provided that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?'

- Mustafa Khattab

Moses said to him: "May I follow thee on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?" ²⁴¹³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:67

قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا Q a la innaka lan tasta t eeAAa maAAiya s abr a n

He said, 'You certainly cannot be patient 'enough' with me.

- Mustafa Khattab

(The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me! ²⁴¹⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:68

وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا Wakayfa ta s biru AAal a m a lam tu h i t bihi khubr a n

And how can you be patient with what is beyond your 'realm of' knowledge?'

- Mustafa Khattab

"And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy understanding is not complete?" ²⁴¹⁵

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:69

قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا Q a la satajidunee in sh a a All a hu sa biran wal a aAA s ee laka amr a n

Moses assured 'him', 'You will find me patient, Allah willing, and I will not disobey any of your orders.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Moses said: "Thou wilt find me if Allah so will (truly) patient: nor shall I disobey thee in aught." ²⁴¹⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:70

قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا Q a la faini ittabaAAtanee fal a tasalnee AAan shayin h att a o h ditha laka minhu th ikr a n

He responded, 'Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I 'myself' clarify it for you.'

- Mustafa Khattab

The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:71

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا Fa i n t alaq a h att a i tha rakib a fee a l ssafeenati kharaqah a q a la akharaqtah a litughriqa ahlah a laqad jita shayan imr a n

So they set out, but after they had boarded a ship, the man made a hole in it. Moses protested, 'Have you done this to drown its people? You have certainly done a terrible thing!'

- Mustafa Khattab

So they both proceeded: until when they were in the boat he scuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!" ²⁴¹⁷

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:72

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا Q a la alam aqul innaka lan tasta t eeAAa maAAiya s abr a n

He replied, 'Did I not say that you cannot have patience with me?'

- Mustafa Khattab

He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:73

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا Q a la l a tu a khi th nee bim a naseetu wal a turhiqnee min amree AAusr a n

Moses pleaded, 'Excuse me for forgetting, and do not be hard on me.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:74

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا Fa i n t alaq a h att a i tha laqiy a ghul a man faqatalahu q a la aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad jita shayan nukr a n

So they proceeded until they came across a boy, and the man killed him. Moses protested, 'Have you killed an innocent soul, who killed no one? You have certainly done a horrible thing.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Then they proceeded: until when they met a young man he slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard-of) thing hast thou done!" ²⁴¹⁸

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:75

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا Q a la alam aqul laka innaka lan tasta t eeAAa maAAiya s abr a n

He answered, 'Did I not tell you that you cannot have patience with me?'

- Mustafa Khattab

He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:76

قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا Q a la in saaltuka AAan shayin baAAdah a fal a tu sah ibnee qad balaghta min ladunnee AAu th r a n

Moses replied, 'If I ever question you about anything after this, then do not keep me in your company, for by then I would have given you enough of an excuse.'

- Mustafa Khattab

(Moses) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this keep me not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:77

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا Fa i n t alaq a h att a i tha atay a ahla qaryatin ista t AAam a ahlah a faabaw an yu d ayyifoohum a fawajad a feeh a jid a ran yureedu an yanqa dd a faaq a mahu q a la law shita la i ttakha th ta AAalayhi ajr a n

So they moved on until they came to the people of a town. They asked them for food, but the people refused to give them hospitality. There they found a wall ready to collapse, so the man set it right. Moses protested, 'If you wanted, you could have demanded a fee for this.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Then they proceeded: until when they came to the inhabitants of a town they asked them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!" ²⁴¹⁹ ²⁴²⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:78

قَالَ هَـٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا Q a la h atha fir a qu baynee wabaynika saonabbioka bitaweeli m a lam tasta t iAA AAalayhi s abr a n

He replied, 'This is the parting of our ways. I will explain to you what you could not bear patiently.

- Mustafa Khattab

He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience. ²⁴²¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:79

أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَـٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا Amm a a l ssafeenatu fak a nat limas a keena yaAAmaloona fee alba h ri faaradtu an aAAeebah a wak a na war a ahum malikun yakhu th u kulla safeenatin gha s b a n

'As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea. So I intended to damage it, for there was a 'tyrant' king ahead of them who seizes every 'good' ship by force.

- Mustafa Khattab

As for the boat it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable for there was after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force. ²⁴²²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

18:80

وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا Waamm a alghul a mu fak a na abaw a hu muminayni fakhasheen a an yurhiqahum a t ughy a nan wakufr a n

'And as for the boy, his parents were 'true' believers, and we¹ feared that he would pressure them into defiance and disbelief.

- Mustafa Khattab

"As for the youth his parents were people of Faith and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man). ²⁴²³

Surah 18. Al-Kahf

Qur'an

Translation

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Moses said unto him: "May I follow thee on the understanding that thou wilt impart to me some thing of that consciousness of what right which has been imparted to thee?"

- Mohammad Asad

Musa requested of him: "May I follow you so that you may teach me from that True Knowledge which you have been taught?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Moses said to him, 'May I follow you, provided that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?'

- Mustafa Khattab

Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst teach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Moses said to him: "May I follow thee on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?" 2413

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

[The other] answered: "Behold, thou wilt never be able to have patience with me -

- Mohammad Asad

He answered: "Surely you will not be able to bear with me,

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

He said, 'You certainly cannot be patient 'enough' with me.

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

(The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me! 2414

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

for how couldst thou be patient about something that thou canst not comprehend within the compass of [thy] experience?"74

- Mohammad Asad

for how can you have patience about that which is beyond your knowledge?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And how can you be patient with what is beyond your 'realm of' knowledge?'

- Mustafa Khattab

How canst thou bear with that whereof thou canst not compass any knowledge?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy understanding is not complete?" 2415

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Replied [Moses]: "Thou wilt find me patient, if God so wills: and I shall not disobey thee in anything!"

- Mohammad Asad

Musa said: "If Allah wills, you shall find me patient and I shall not disobey you in any way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Moses assured 'him', 'You will find me patient, Allah willing, and I will not disobey any of your orders.'

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee:

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Moses said: "Thou wilt find me if Allah so will (truly) patient: nor shall I disobey thee in aught." 2416

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Said [the sage]: "Well, then, if thou art to follow me, do not question me about aught [that I may do] until I myself give thee an account thereof."

- Mohammad Asad

He said: "If you want to follow me, then do not question me about anything until I tell you about it myself."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

He responded, 'Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I 'myself' clarify it for you.'

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself mention of it unto thee.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

- Mohammad Asad

So they set forth, but when they embarked in a boat to cross the river, Khizr made a hole in it. Musa cried out: "Did you make a hole in it to drown its passengers? You have done a weird thing!"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

So they set out, but after they had boarded a ship, the man made a hole in it. Moses protested, 'Have you done this to drown its people? You have certainly done a terrible thing!'

- Mustafa Khattab

So the twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a hole therein. (Moses) said: Hast thou made a hole therein to drown the folk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

So they both proceeded: until when they were in the boat he scuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!" 2417

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He replied: "Did I not tell thee that thou wilt never be able to have patience with me?"

- Mohammad Asad

He said: "Didn't I say that you would not manage to have patience with me?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

He replied, 'Did I not say that you cannot have patience with me?'

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: Did I not tell thee thou couldst not bear with me?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Said [Moses]: "Take me not to task for my having forgotten [myself], and be not hard on me on account of what I have done!"

- Mohammad Asad

Musa said: "Pardon my forgetfulness, do not be angry with me on account of this mistake."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Moses pleaded, 'Excuse me for forgetting, and do not be hard on me.'

- Mustafa Khattab

(Moses) said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my fault.

Moses said to him: "May I follow thee on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?" ²⁴¹³

(The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me! ²⁴¹⁴

for how couldst thou be patient about something that thou canst not comprehend within the compass of [thy] experience?"⁷⁴

"And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy understanding is not complete?" ²⁴¹⁵

Moses said: "Thou wilt find me if Allah so will (truly) patient: nor shall I disobey thee in aught." ²⁴¹⁶

So they both proceeded: until when they were in the boat he scuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!" ²⁴¹⁷

Then they proceeded: until when they met a young man he slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard-of) thing hast thou done!" ²⁴¹⁸

He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience. ²⁴²¹

"As for that boat, it belonged to some needy people who toiled upon the sea - and I desired to damage it⁷⁷ because [I knew that] behind them was a king who is wont to seize every boat by brute force.

As for the boat it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable for there was after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force. ²⁴²²

"And as for that young man, his parents were [true] believers - whereas we had every reason to fear⁷⁸ that he would bring bitter grief upon them by [his] overweening wickedness and denial of all truth:

'And as for the boy, his parents were 'true' believers, and we¹ feared that he would pressure them into defiance and disbelief.